The King of Spain at Windsor: His Gallantry to the Duchess of Marlborough 549 Prince Eugene of Savoy 553 The Battle of Blenheim 557 Queen Anne 561 Great Seal of Queen Anne 568 The People of Edinburgh Escorting the Duke of Hamilton to Holyrood Palace 569 Costumes of the Reign of Queen Anne 572 Wreck of Sir Cloudesley Shovel's Fleet 577 Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough 581 London Coffee House in the Reign of Queen Anne 585 Five-Guinea Piece of Queen Anne 588 Farthing of Queen Anne 588 Two-Guinea Piece of Queen Anne 588 Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford 589 Drinking to the Health of Dr. Sacheverell 592 Making Friends with Mrs. Masham 593 The Duke of Marlborough's Interview with Queen Anne 597 The Fracas in the Privy Council 601 Marlborough House in the Time of Queen Anne 604 Henry St. John (afterwards Viscount Bolingbroke) 605 LIST OF PLATES CHARLES I. ON HIS WAY TO EXECUTION, 1649. (_By Ernest Crofts, R.A._) _Frontispiece_ MAP OF ENGLAND DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1642-1649. _To face p._ 50 THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. (_By Miss Margaret I. Dicksee_) " 71 DEATH OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH, CARISBROOKE CASTLE, SEPT. 8TH, 1650. (_By C. W. Cope, R.A._) " 102 CROMWELL REFUSING THE CROWN. (_By J. Schex_) " 145 RESCUED FROM THE PLAGUE, LONDON, 1665. (_By F. W. W. Topham, R.I._) " 209 CHARLES II. AND NELL GWYNN. (_By E. M. Ward, R.A._) " 210 THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, 1666. (_By Stanhope A. Forbes, A.R.A._) " 225 THE DISGRACE OF LORD CLARENDON AFTER HIS LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE KING IN WHITEHALL PALACE, 1667. (_By E. M. Ward, R.A._) " 233 THE ANTE-CHAMBER OF WHITEHALL DURING THE LAST MOMENTS OF CHARLES II., 1685. (_By E. M. Ward, R.A._) " 289 "AFTER SEDGEMOOR." (_By W. Rainey, R.I._) " 302 COVENANTERS PREACHING. (_By Sir George Harvey, R.S.A._) " 402 WILLIAM III. AT THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. (_By Jan Wyck_) " 430